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Regulating place : standards and the shaping of urban America /
Regulating Place looks at how design standards have shaped the built environment of urban America. Tracing the history behind the evolution of building codes, the contributors examine the increasing influence of regulatory codes over urban design and planning during the past century. From the enviro...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Routledge,
2005.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Regulating Place looks at how design standards have shaped the built environment of urban America. Tracing the history behind the evolution of building codes, the contributors examine the increasing influence of regulatory codes over urban design and planning during the past century. From the environment to housing to public space, the volume considers the positive and negative effects of regulation on American cities - particularly the merits of flexible approaches relative to more rigid, technocratic methods. Regulating Place also questions what sort of criteria should be used to measure reg. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vii, 387 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203998030 9780203998038 9780415948746 0415948746 9780415948753 0415948754 9786610107865 6610107866 1135933820 9781135933821 1280107863 9781280107863 1135933812 9781135933814 |